[Leaf] Leaf,an Employee of the California Department of Forestry,insisted on Signing

question 39

Multiple Choice

[Leaf] Leaf,an employee of the California Department of Forestry,insisted on signing inter-office memoranda with his name and the initials "FOJT",as abbreviation for his church "Followers of Jesus' Trees".Leaf's supervisor,Milo,told Leaf there was a rule prohibiting displays of religion at work and insisted that Leaf cease placing the initials of his church on government paperwork.When Leaf refused to follow the work rule,he was terminated.
-Leaf wants to file a lawsuit against the Department challenging his termination.What would a court most likely rule?

• A)For Leaf,because the work rule violated his free exercise of religion.
• B)For the Department because the work rule did not substantially burden Leaf.
• C)For the Department because it did not violate the First Amendment.
• D)For the Department because it was only a work rule,and not a law.
• E)For Leaf,because the work rule violated the establishment clause.

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P(B)

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P(A And B)

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Independent Events

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